Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas Park Crater of Diamonds Region Southwest Park Activity Diamond Digging Trail Type Trail Difficulty Author Adam Leslie Amy Griffin Arkansas State Parks Staff Cara Curtis David Armstrong Don Simons Heather Runyan Ivory Detter Jeanette Larson John Morrow Kara Helton Kayla Gomance Mystina Swaim Pete Salmon Randy Pearson Rebekah Spurlock Robin Gabe Sasha Bowles Shelley Flanary Tara Gillanders [X] Waymon Cox Date Published August 2024 December 2023 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 May 2022 March 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 [X] June 2020 February 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 December 2018 September 2017 June 2016 [X] March 2016 Visitor Finds 2.23-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park Jun 2020 ⁄ Waymon Cox The summer of 2020 started with a sparkling surprise for one western Arkansas woman. Fifty-six-year-old Beatrice Watkins, of Mena, visited Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Murfreesboro, on Saturday, June 20, with her daughter and granddaughters. Within 30 minutes of arriving, she had unknowingly picked up the largest diamond found there, so far this year. Crater of Diamonds State Park: A wonderful and crazy place Mar 2016 ⁄ Waymon Cox The main thing that makes Crater of Diamonds State Park so unique is that our visitors are allowed to hunt for diamonds, and then are allowed to keep them.
Visitor Finds 2.23-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park Jun 2020 ⁄ Waymon Cox The summer of 2020 started with a sparkling surprise for one western Arkansas woman. Fifty-six-year-old Beatrice Watkins, of Mena, visited Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Murfreesboro, on Saturday, June 20, with her daughter and granddaughters. Within 30 minutes of arriving, she had unknowingly picked up the largest diamond found there, so far this year.
Crater of Diamonds State Park: A wonderful and crazy place Mar 2016 ⁄ Waymon Cox The main thing that makes Crater of Diamonds State Park so unique is that our visitors are allowed to hunt for diamonds, and then are allowed to keep them.
